 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 Seiten
...example others make In love with sorrow for thy take. Sic Vita. Like to the falling of a star, Or ae ectly for the allusion to Shakspeare. ' I am as sorry,'...he says, ' as if the original fault had been my fa a wind that chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood : Ev'n such is man, whose borrow'd light... | |
 | 1847 - 272 Seiten
...transitory scenes of one that was precarious, dashed with afflictions, and at best but short and fleeting. " Like to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of eagles are ; Or like the fresh spnng's gaudy hue, Or silver drops of morning dew ; Or like a wind that chafes the flood, Or bubbles... | |
 | Book - 1847 - 206 Seiten
...MAN. LIKE to the falling of a star, Or as the flight of eagles are, THB VANITY OF HUMAN WISHES. 57 Or like the fresh spring's gaudy hue, • Or silver drops of morning dew, Or like a wind that chafes the flood, Or bubble which on water stood, — Even such is man, whose borrow' d... | |
 | Book - 1847 - 216 Seiten
...MAN. LIKE to the falling of a star, Or as the flight of eagles are, THE VANITY OF HUMAN WISHES. 57 Or like the fresh spring's gaudy hue, Or silver drops of morning dew, Or like a wind that chafes the flood, Or bubble which on water stood, — Even such is man, whose borrow'd... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1847 - 850 Seiten
...days ; And when thy soul and body part, As innocent as now thou art. -RICHARD CORBET (1582—1635). SIC VITA. LIKE to the falling of a star, Or as the nights of eagles are ; Or like the fresh spring's gaudy hue, Or silver drops of morning dew ; Or like... | |
 | 1854 - 672 Seiten
...the nay, we pause, for we must not by such comparisons further libel the brnte creation. SO IS LIFE. LIKE to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of...gaudy hue, Or silver drops of morning dew ; Or like a wind that chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood : Ev'n such is man, whose borrowed light... | |
 | Alexander Melville Bell - 1849 - 356 Seiten
...Human perceptions - first - open - upon effects, - and thence, - by slow degrees, - ascend - to causes. Like - to the falling - of a star, Or - as - the flights...hue, Or - silver drops - of morning dew ; Or - like a wind - that chafes - the flood, Or - bubbles - which - on water - stood : Even such - is man - whose... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1849 - 708 Seiten
...my winter all the year, And thy example others make In love with sorrow for thy sake. •Л Ac Fito. dilate, Whereof by parcels she had something heard, But not intentively. a wind that chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood : Ev'n such is man, whose borrow'd light... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 430 Seiten
...at least so thought By such as stood aloof, and did observe her \Vith credulous eyes. Stwcr. LIFE. Like to the falling of a star ; Or as the flights...gaudy hue, Or silver drops of morning dew; Or like a wind that chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood ; E'en such is man, whose borrowed light... | |
 | Ellen Wallace - 1870 - 192 Seiten
...spades, which they laid behind a gravestone when they went into the church. CHAPTER XIV. Like to tl,c falling of a star, Or as the flights of eagles are,...gaudy hue, Or silver drops of morning dew, Or like a wind that chafes the flood, Or bubbles 'which on water stood; Even such is man, whose borrowed light,... | |
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LIKE to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of eagles are, Or like the fresh spring's gaudy hue, Or silver drops of morning dew, Or like a wind that chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood : Even such is man, whose borrowed light Is straight... 
